The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-16

O'Clock the condemned men were still
awake and talking to their guards, Par
sons was in the cell furthest to the east,
Fischer was located in the next TO the
west, EDgel in the adjoining one and
Spies next. Fielden and sehyaO paced
ins a .sep down fe sRsr mi Oss ia atsr
IL O'Clock, Deputy Peters came out
from his turn Of duty with Engel with
the air Of q mnn who had just left an
agreeable entertainment. The cause OF
this was discovered to be a select assort-
msnt Of funny stories with which Engel
bad RECALLED him. This one OF the con-
clstter Of the carpenters around in
the western corridor putting
the finishing touches on the
scaffo]d, where in a few hours
he will be prominent actor. The grim ter
ror OF the rapidly passing hours seem to
have no effect on Engel In the course OF
his conversation with Peters he INDUCED
several of his doomed fellows. Said he:
There are good many loud takers
snoBg us, and the ones that
talked loudest were the first to
weaken when it came to the scratch"
On being asked as to his own view OF his
coming doom, he threw up his hands, and
with a shrug of his shoulders said: you
rec NE. 1ucIc ID uOuob ~
win march upon the fatal platform and
step out into eternity with the reckless
courage of brute. At half past eleven
Parsons is still awake and pacing his cell
with restless step. Occasionally his sharp
face shows up in the glare of the lantern
sitting in front of his door, and the light
IN misc eyes seems brighter than in the
early evening. Fischer and Spies sit on
their beds we'll back from the cell doors,
and cay but little.
All the city papers are represented ex
cept the Arbeiter-Zeitung, which has so
long been the organ OF the Chicago An.
sTchists. So far as can be learned no ap.
plication for admission has been made by
any one from that paper.
Deputy Sheriff Adolph Mueller had
talk with Fischer and Engel during the
evening. Mueller SAYS that the two men
discussed Lingg's suicide freely. Both OF
them declared that they wished they
had q chance to follow Llngg's mple.
They would infinitely prefer to take their
own lives than to suffer the shameful
death allotted TO them. Engel also dis
cussed his own attempt at suicide which
he made Saturday night by taking laud-
snum and morphine pills. He went so
fsI as TO assert that his own wife gave
MN the bottle about year ago, and he
added that he wished he had used the
poison before it lost its strength.
ANOTHER BOMB THRoWER,
An extra edition Of an evening paper
says: The following dispatch was received
by Capt. Black tonight:
NEW YORK, November 10, 1857.
To Capt. Black, Chicago:
hold proof showing sentenced Ansrch-
lists to be innocent. Guilty man in New
York. Located. Have telegraphed to
Gov. Oglesby. Proof under oath. How
ehal ] communicate?
AUGUST P. WAGENER,
Councillor at law, so Third avenue.
Captain Black left at tonight for
Springfield, after wiring the New York
lawyer to leave there at once for the same
point
STARTLING SENSATIONS.
Among the stories which are floating
around the Jail is one which seems to
point to some concerted action by outside
Anarchists. A saloon keeper, whose place
is located few blocks from the all, says
that last night at a late hour, three men
came INTO his saloon. With two of them he
was acquainted as being well-kno1 Chi
ceeo Anarchists. The third party was
stranger. In the saloon they had long
private consultation, and as they were get
ting ready to leave, the stranger said:
Nothing will happen Thursday night or
Friday, while the execution is going on,
but Friday night The police Will be tired
and away from the jail, and
then the fun will come" He also said
the delegations of Anarchists would visit
the Rewspsper Offices and treat them to
sensation. This sanguinary party was 8
large German wearing full beard.
Shortly after midnight a messenger ar
rived at the Jail with a telegram for Spies.
Ii was from his brother and babe him
meet his fate with frmness.
The first genuine sensation OF the night
occurred al 1910. A big, black.whiskered
Do ceman Tui he'd into the jail aud de-
clared that report had spread on the
streets that States Attorney Grinnel had
been shot. Immediately the Jail office be
came scene Of confusion. Deputies
whispered to each other and newspaper
men rushed out TO run down the rumor.
Deputy Cleveland declaT ed that he did not
believe the rumor for the reason that twc
hours previously a telephone inquiry
il was true that Sheriff Matson had been
shot.
Officer Jackson, who brought the re
port of Grinneli being shot, said that be
was OF duty in the Criminal Court build
Jog and was called up by the
lephone from the Central Pc
lice Station. The desk sergeant a
Cent? 81 said: we have a rumor that the
States attorney had been killed. Do
they know anything of it at the jail?
This started the officer over to the all
where he found that he was the first one
10 bring the rumor there. By a very few
minutes after l o'clock 1t becams known
positively that there was no truth in the
report that the States Attorney was shot.
Stenographer Purcell, of Mr.. GrinneU's
Office, was in communication with Grin.
pe,ls house and found that he WAS safe
and sound in bed.
THE DEATH WATCH.
Cock COUNTY JAIL, CHICAGO, November
IL . a. NAT O'Clock a change was
made in the death watch. Deputy Hartke
bad been guarding Spies since 8 o'clock
He reported that he had quite long tall
with the Anarchists. Spies declared thai
he had no reason to be afraid, and ther
launched forth in TRADE against thu
.courts.
lie asserted that all the judges who hsC
and connection with the case had reason t
tremb BILE while the Anarchists could hold
up their heads and walk to death will
steady footsteps. The deputy also relates
the manner in which the Rev. DR.. Bolton
vas received By Spies. The divine aske'
him IL he would not accept of spiritua
consolation. Spies, with a naughty SHAKE
OF his head, declared he had no use fol
aDy olergymen. ''Pll pray for you al
night" cried the Doctor. "Pray for your
self" sou need IL more than ]"
At il O'Clock Spies lay down on his co
ard closed his eyes, but he did not sleep
Several times ne cot nm for drink n